"How much farther?"
"Turn into the fork ahead, then descend a little farther. We'll be there!"
"Good!"
By now, it was no longer just one or two xenomorphs attacking them.
Cypher still had the leisure to pin them down with ice blades and use Fiendfyre to dispose of their corpses.
Hordes of xenomorphic monsters poured in from every pipe opening.
Cypher had no choice but to use an exceptionally powerful Shield Charm, driving the monsters ahead back to either side before pulling Cassandra and teleporting to the edge of his sight.
Then Cassandra released a small ball of Fiendfyre behind them, temporarily stopping the creatures.
Cypher steadied himself, drove back the monsters in front again, and teleported onward...
He did not dare use overly powerful magic. Otherwise, the entire network of pipes might collapse, and to avoid being buried alive, he would have no choice but to teleport back to the coordinates of the fourth-floor bathroom.
They were now at least three hundred meters underground.
If those monsters climbed to the surface through the collapsed pipes...
Wouldn't Hogwarts be in constant danger?
Hogwarts truly was one enormous pit. It was clearly a school, yet it also bore the responsibility of suppressing all kinds of strange things! There was no need to dwell on that for now. Cypher would understand later why Hogwarts encountered so much trouble.
"We're here!"
Cassandra's words had barely appeared in Cypher's mind.
When the space before them suddenly opened up.
This was a hemispherical stone chamber dozens of meters high.
Countless pipe openings were arranged across the stone walls in an orderly pattern.
"Cypher, they're all here..."
At that, Cypher's eyes lit up slightly.
"Not a single one missing?"
"All the active ones are here."
In other words, there was no way to know about the